by Eric Sandler, Culture Map Sunday, October 21’s picture-perfect weather provided an ideal setting for the 1,000 or so people who attended the third annual Butcher’s Ball. Held at Brenham’s Rockin Star Ranch, the event unites chefs, bartenders, and other leaders in the culinary world for a celebration of sustainable farming and …

by Elizabeth Muscari Houston just received its first taste of the famous New Orleans BRG Hospitality, Eunice Restaurant & Raw Bar, a contemporary cajun-creole brasserie. Drake Leonards opened Eunice on October 1, bringing good ole Louisiana cooking to Houston’s backyard. Named after Leonards’ hometown of Eunice, Louisiana, the BRG Hospitality Group brings …

If the chew fits… Trend-setting restaurants worth stepping out to. Eunice UPPER KIRBY // Named for Chef Drake Leonards’ Louisiana hometown, Eunice is serving modern Cajun-Creole brasserie style plates inspired by his upbringing and European culinary adventures. Leonards worked at Cafe Boulud in NYC and August and Luke in New Orleans – Eunice …

by Eric Sandler, Culture Map Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company’s new brewery and restaurant in Sawyer Yards has finally broken ground. Originally announced last year, construction has begun on the massive, $14 million, 28,000-square-foot, three-story complex. If all goes according to plan, patrons should be drinking and dining in the facility next summer. …

by Susie Tommaney, Houston Press It’s shaping up to be a perfect weekend in the Houston area, with a nice mix of refined and lowbrow entertainment — some outdoors and others inside (just in case it rains) — with a healthy dose of culture added in. There’s a fantasy costume …

by Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle Soon there will be one more big craft brewery near downtown Houston. This week the Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company broke ground on its new 28,000-square-foot home next to the Silos on Sawyer development, just north of Washington Avenue. Buffalo Bayou, best known for brews like Cream Ale, Sam’s …

by Tierra Smith, Bisnow Houston One of the hottest trends in the Downtown Houston restaurant scene is food halls. The four new concepts — Bravery Chef Hall, Lyric Market, the Conservatory and Finn Hall, all in place or coming soon — are a critical key to the submarket’s expansion and revitalization efforts. …

by Tierra Smith, Bisnow Houston About 70% of the tenants in the new Lyric Market will be from outside of Houston, U.S. Property Management President and CEO Jonathan Enav said. After decades of shuttering businesses and crawling traffic at night and on weekends in Downtown Houston, it is easier to pitch to out-of-state restaurant owners the new direction of the market than it is to change the minds of local brands. Enav has spent the last 18 months researching and identifying restaurants concepts to approach for the 31K SF food hall in the Theatre District. From the start, he did not limit his scope …

The Spots Opening Before the End of 2018 That Every Self-Respecting Foodie Must Know About by Marci De Luna, Papercity While you may not be ready to say goodbye to summer, you can excitedly look forward to the debut of several new Houston restaurants between now and the end of the year. …